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Derek Wagner

@dmwagner.bsky.social

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Words @factorfourmagazine.com @realneondystopia.bsky.social @diabolicalplots.com Odyssey Writing Workshop '23. Codex Member

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · last mo.

My story published in May @diabolicalplots.com got a lovely little review from @mariahaskins.com in the new issue of Locus! So cool!

Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · last mo.

Issue 786 Table of Contents, July 2026 locusmag.com/2026/07...

Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 2mo ago

Turns out there’s one after the uncanny one

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This year we should be supporting our fellow artists and writers as much as possible. Help us continue to give independent creativity a space to be celebrated by reading Locus Magazine! linktr.ee/locusmagazine

arr @arr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If AI were as great as we're told it currently is, we'd be talking about a hundred other incredible inventions, instead of just AI. We'd be talking about all the fantastic inventions that AI came up with.

Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 3mo ago

New fiction! "Dourglamis" by Derek Wagner The castle Dourglamis roams the plains. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My latest story, Dourglamis, is out this morning @diabolicalplots.com! Thanks to @amandaghelms.bsky.social for the great job she did editing this piece! Sentient castles meet late stage capitalism! Give it a read if you have time! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

DP FICTION #135A: “Dourglamis” by Derek Wagner – Diabolical Plots

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Huge congratulations to Odyssey graduates @rfkuang.bsky.social, @mariecroke.bsky.social, and @cornellwriter.bsky.social on their Nebula Award nominations!! 🎉🎉🎉

Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Your Personal Odyssey 2026 offers three instructors to choose from: Odyssey Director Jeanne Cavelos, New York Times bestselling author @carrievaughnco.bsky.social , and top Odyssey critiquer Lane Robins! Several scholarships are available! Apply today!! odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-workshop/

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Nebula Award Winner @awprihandita.bsky.social on her Your Personal Odyssey experience! Applications are open for YPO 2026, the one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that has helped writers make major breakthroughs! Scholarships available!! www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Nebula & Ignyte Award winner @aijiang.bsky.social l on her YPO experience. Applications are now open for Your Personal Odyssey, the one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that's helped writers make major breakthroughs! App deadline Apr 10th! www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Applications are now open for YPO 2026! Choose your pace:, 6 wks, 12wks, or 18wks! Guest lecturers include @rfkuang.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @brandonsanderson.com, @fondalee.bsky.social, @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social & more! Early Action deadline Feb 20!

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Award-winning author @jtewwrites.bsky.social on her YPO experience! Applications are now open for the one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that has helped writers make major breakthroughs! App deadline Apr. 10, Early Action deadline Feb. 20! www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

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Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Applications are now open for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop 2026! The one-on-one, online, intensive, customized experience that has helped writers make major breakthroughs is waiting for you! Choose your pace: 6wk, 12wk, or 18 wk App deadline Apr. 10 www.odysseyworkshop.org/about-the-wo...

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Odyssey Online courses are still taking applicants up until January 18th! Amazing instructors, great critiques, all online! Some of the best critiques I’ve ever received were through these courses! www.odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-onli...

Upcoming Classes – 2026 | Odyssey Writing Workshops

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 9mo ago

24 HOURS LEFT IN OUR KICKSTARTER! Thank you for hitting so many stretch goals and allowing us to publish even more art, reprints, and nonfiction when we open in 2026! It’s not too late to snag rewards (subs! crits! stickers!) and fund some issues of Year 3! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

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Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 9mo ago

So excited to have my weird little story accepted to Diabolical Plots! Congrats to everyone else who made it this year!

Diabolical Plots@diabolicalplots.com · 9mo ago

July 2025 acceptances (cont'd): "We Grow in the Light" by Riley Neither "She Buries You on Tuesday" by AM Sutter @amsutter.com "Dourglamis" by Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social "Afterimage" by Anna Zumbro And that's all of them!! Looking forward to sharing these all with you!

Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 9mo ago

There's just 4 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we're SO CLOSE to hitting our 20k goal! Our full catalogue of critiques, ebooks, merch and more will all be gone on Halloween. Don't miss out on these limited edition items and donate TODAY! 💜👽🎃 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Story/Excerpt Critiques

E. Catherine Tobler (up to 5,000 words)
Spencer Nitkey (up to 7,500 words)
A.C. Wise (up to 8,000 words)
Aimee Ogden (up to 6,000 words)
A.V. Greene (up to 10,000 words)
Ivy Grimes (up to 5,000 words)
Lindz McLeod (up to 5,000 words)
Risa Wolf (7,500 words)
Sam Fleming (7,500 words
Slush Reader Critique

Cool Offerings

Tarot card affirmation by Los Mei-en Kwa
Marie Vibbert Tuckerization
Apex Appreciation
Online Workshop "World-building from the Inside Out"

New EBooks and trade paperbacks available now!
Available only on the Apex Magazine Kickstarter!
Shadows of Glass and Other Stories by Jamie Lackey
Tiny Planet Filled with Liars by Stephen M.A.
Chlorophilia by Cristina Jurado
The FULL DIGITAL CATALOGUE from Jennifer R. Donahue!
PLUS! Become immortalized in a short story by Science Fiction Author Marie Vibbert!
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Stickers and hoodie now available worldwide!

Derek Wagner @dmwagner.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My contributors copy of The Kindread Coast finally arrived! Very excited to be a part of this anthology of writers from Western Canada! Thanks to @shanonsinn.bsky.social and @lavoiecwrites.bsky.social for inviting me to take part in this!

Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We're 8 DAYS AWAY from the end of our Kickstarter! ⏰❗❗ These final days will decide whether we can publish in 2026. YOUR support is what keeps us going, AND what keeps the great stories coming to your inbox! Help Apex thrive and join our Kickstarter TODAY! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!"

Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 10mo ago

(pssst, bigger announcement about this coming on Monday, but get a sneak peek of our swanky new banner! 🎨) www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 10mo ago

WE'RE OVER HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL!! 🎉🎉🎉 THANK YOU for all your support! 💜👽 We're celebrating with a TON of amazing new rewards (check the 🧵 to see them all!) including signed books, author critiques, WORLDWIDE SHIPPING and more! 🪦 Join the monster mash here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

New Kickstarter rewards are here!!

Author critiques, discounted ebooks from your favorite speculative fiction authors, and more!

SHORT STORY CRITIQUES FROM:

Spencer Nitkey, Risa Wolf, E. Catherine Tobler, Jordan Kurella

Plague Birds & We Who Hunt Alexanders

SIGNED copies of Plague Birds and We Who Hunt Alexanders by Jason Sanford.

Rebecca E. Treasure @retreasure.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hello! If you haven't backed the Apex Kickstarter and you're a regular reader and can, we could really use the support. We just added some physical rewards, there are crits and classes available, plus books and of course a year of Apex! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

kickstarter.com

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 11mo ago

Late pledges are open for one week. If we reach our first stretch goal +$1326, we get to add more stories and another issue next year! The stories of monsters and heartbreak are waiting for us… kck.st/4mIkEm1

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026

A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

MONDAY is the last day!!! 😁🦄

Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 12mo ago

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 12mo ago